Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-18

the sea OBEY rim!
The subject in the first place inn
presses me with the fact that it is very
important to have Christ with the ship;
for all those boats would have gone to
the bottom of Gennesaret il
HRS
had not been present. Oh, what Il
lesson for you and for me to learn!
We must always have Christ in the
ship. Whatever voyage we undertake,
into whatever enterprise we start, let
us always have Christ in the ship.
Many OF you in these days of revived
are starting out IN new
financial enterprises. l bid you good
cheer. Do all you a do. DO it on
as high plane AS possible. You have
no right to be a stoker in the ship If
YOU can be an admiral of the navy.
Youhave no right to be Il colonel OF II
regiment if you a command a
brigade; you have no right to be engi-
neer Of a boat on river banks, or near
the coast, if you can take the ocean
steamer from New York to Liverpool.
All YOU can do with utmost tension of
body, mind, and soul, you are bound to
do; but oh! have Christ in every enter.
prise, Christ in every voyage. Christ in
every ship.
There are men here who ask God to
help them at the start of great enter
prises. He has been with them in the
past; no trouble can overthrow them;
the storms might come down from the
top of Mount Hermon, and lash Gen
nesaret into foam and into agony, but
it could not hurt them.
But here is another man who starts
out in worldly enterprise, and he de-
ponds upon Ihe uncertainties of this
life. He has no God to help him.
After u while the storm comes, and
losses off the masts of the ship; he
puts out his life-boat, and the long
boat; the sheriff and the auctioneer try
to help him off; they can't help him off;
he must 60 down; nc Christ in the
ship. Here are young men just start
ing u in life. Your life will be
made up of
SUNSHINE AMI SHADOW.
There may be in it arctic blasts, or trop-
ical tornadoes; | know not what is
before you, but | know if yon have
Christ with you all shall be well.
You may seem to get along without
the religion of Christ while everything
goes smoothly, but after a while, when
sorrow hovers over the soul, when the
waves of trial dash clear over the hur-
ricane deck, and the decks are crowded
with piratical disasters-oh, what
would you do then without Christ in
the shipP Young man, take God for
your portion, God for your guide, God
for your help; then all is well; all is
well for time, all shall be well forever.
Blessed is that man who puts in the
Lord his trust. He shall never be con.
founded.
But my subjects also impresses me will
the fact that when people start to fol
low Christ they must not expect smootl
sailing.
These disciples got into The small
boats, and | have no doubt they said
"What a beautiful day this is Wha
n smooth sea! What a bright sky thi
is. How delightful is sailing in thi
boat and rs for the waves under tn
keel of the boat, why, they only max
the motion of our little boat the NOR
delightful" But when the wind
swept down, and the sea was tosse,
into wrath, then they found that fol
lowing Christ was not smooth sailing
So you have found it; SO | have foun,
it. Did you ever notice the end of tt
life of the apostles of Jesus Christ
You would say if ever men ought t
have had Il smooth life, a smooth dc
parture, then those men, the disciple
of Jesus Christ, ought to have ha
such u departure and such a life.
TIL ROUGH r. OF LIFE.
St. James lost his head. st. Phil
was hung to death on a pillar. ST
Matthew had his life dashed out with
halbert. st. Mark was dragged t
death through the streets. st. Jane
the Less was beaten to death with
~fuller's club. st. Thomas was strucI
through with a spear. They did no
find following Christ smooth sailing
Oh, how they were all tossed in tn
tempest! John Huss in the fire; Hugl
McKail in the hour of %martyrdom; tn
Albigenses, the Waldenses, the Scotcl
Covenanters--did they find it smootl
sailingP
But why go to history when / cal
come into this audience to-day anC
find a score of illustrations of tn,
truth of this subject. That young MAJ
in the store trying to serve God, Will,
his employer SCOTS at Christianity, the
young man In the same store antago
nistic to the Christian religion, teasing
him, tormenting him about hi,
religion, trying to get him
mad. They succeed in getting
him mad, saying: You're a pretty
Christian" Does this young mar find
it smooth sailing when he tries to fol-
low Christi Here is a Christian girl.
Her father despises the Christian reli.
gion; her brothers and sisters scott at
the Christian religion; she can hardly
find a quiet place IN which to say her
prayers. Did she find it smooth sail
inc when she tried to follow Jesus
Christ? On, no! All who would live
the life OF the Christian religion must
suffer persecution; if you do not find il
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